Reparation.jpgReparation is the making of amends for wrongs or injuries done. It is usually the compensation of money, material, and labor paid by the defeated country of a recent war to the victorious country for its losses suffered during the war. It allows for restoration of a country to good conditions.

This is what crippled Germany following World War I. John Maynard Keynes successfully predicted that this would cause Germany to start World War II.